Who is your Martial Arts hero?

columok

As in celebrity, coach, fighter, movie star, sensei etc.....

Personally SUUDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ........... GENKI!!!

dlofnep

genki also. royce.. marcelo garcia

padraigcarroll

Benny "The Jet" Urquidez is one of 'em

Millionaire

Benny the Jet is great. I got some of his training Vids from the 80s.

I like Bruce Lee (not the movie stuff the JKD stuff), Dan Insanto, Paul Vunak , all from the JKD lineage.

All these guys inspire me to train!

Gaillimhtaibhse

Two time Olympic gold medalist in TKD Lopez.

fianna.5u.com

Bruce Lee, Genki Sudo,


Dekker, Karem Ibraheem,


Sakurai, Bas.

Peace

paddyc

dekker

and daniel larusso from the karate kid films

D-Generate

Why has no one said Chuck Norris?

dlofnep

D-Generate wrote:

Why has no one said Chuck Norris?

Because the "I Love Chuck Norris" gimmick is done and dusted.

Also, I forgot.. Bruce Lee for sure is a big hero of mine.

damo

Fred Ettish...

he definately did his bit in dispelling some of the myths surrounding martial arts...

Millionaire

Not to Forget the mighty Geoff Thompson..and the other RBSD people he has inspired!

turbot

My martial arts heros are:

Bruce Lee (reading "The Bruce Lee Story", by Linda Lee as a fourteen year old had a huge effect on my life).

Jean Claude Van-Damme (whether or not he's so graceful because he studied Ballet, again, watching his videos as a 14 year old inspired me to... take up kickboxing)

My old martial arts instructor, Terry Hall, because retrospectively, he trained me really well.

I'm a big fan on Jet-Li, Tony Jaa, and I think Jennifer Garner (Elektra) is graceful and hot.

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PaddyCoyle

D-Generate wrote:

Why has no one said Chuck Norris?

I LOVE CHUCK NORRIS AND THIS IS WHY

Here are some Chuck Norris facts to prove my point.

Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never
cried.

Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.

Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and
Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.

The chief export of Chuck Norris is pain.

If you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you
can't see Chuck Norris you may be only seconds away from death.

Wilt Chamberlin claims to of slept with over 20,000
women in his lifetime. Chuck Norris calls this "a slow Tuesday."

Chuck Norris built a time machine and went back in
time to stop the JFK assassination. As Oswald shot, Chuck met all three
bullets with his beard, deflecting them. JFK's head exploded out of
sheer amazement.

Chuck Norris does not hunt because the word hunting
infers the probability of failure. Chuck Norris goes killing.

As a teen Chuck Norris impregnated every nun in a
convent tucked away in the hills of Tuscany. Nine months later the nuns gave
birth to the 1972 Miami Dolphins, the only undefeated and untied team in
professional football history.

Chuck Norris sold his soul to the devil for his rugged
good looks and unparalleled martial arts ability. Shortly after the
transaction was finalized, Chuck roundhouse kicked the devil in the
face and took his soul back. The devil, who appreciates irony, couldn't
stay mad and admitted he should have seen it coming. They now play
poker every second Wednesday of the month.

Chuck Norris counted to infinity - twice.

To prove it isn't that big of a deal to beat cancer.
Chuck Norris smoked 15 cartons of cigarettes a day for 2 years and aquired
7 different kinds of cancer only to rid them from his body by flexing
for 30 minutes. Beat that, Lance Armstrong.

A blind man once stepped on Chuck Norris' shoe. Chuck
replied, "Don't you know who I am? I'm Chuck Norris!" The mere mention
of his name cured this man blindness. Sadly the first, last, and only
thing this man ever saw, was a fatal roundhouse delivered by Chuck Norris.


When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night he checks
his closet for Chuck Norris.

When Chuck Norris sends in his taxes, he sends blank
forms and includes only a picture of himself, crouched and ready to
attack. Chuck Norrishas not had to pay taxes ever.

Chuck Norris once ate three 72 oz. steaks in one hour.
He spent the first 45 minutes having sex with his waitress.

According to Einstein's theory of relativity, Chuck
Norris can actually roundhouse kick you yesterday.

A Handicap parking sign does not signify that this
spot is for handicapped people. It is actually in fact a warning,
that the spot belongs to Chuck Norris and that you will be
handicapped if you park there.

Chuck Norris is 1/8th Cherokee. This has nothing to do
with ancestry, the man ate a ****ing Indian.

Someone once tried to tell Chuck Norris that
roundhouse kicks aren't the best way to kick someone. This has been recorded
by
historians as the worst mistake anyone has ever made.

Chuck Norris always has sex on the first date. Always.

The quickest way to a man's heart is with Chuck
Norris's fist.

Chuck Norris is not hung like a horse... horses are
hung like Chuck Norris

If Chuck Norris is late, time better slow the **** down.

Chuck Norris's girlfriend once asked him how much wood
a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
He then shouted, "HOW DARE YOU RHYME IN THE PRESENCE OF CHUCK NORRIS!" and
ripped out
her throat.
Holding his girlfriend's bloody throat in his hand he
bellowed, "Don't **** with Chuck!" Two years and five months later he
realized the ironyof this statement and laughed so hard that anyone
within a hundred mile radius of the blast went deaf.

If you ask Chuck Norris what time it is, he always
says, "Two seconds till." After you ask, "Two seconds to what?" he
roundhouse kicks you in the face.

Chuck Norris doesn't read books. He stares them down
until he gets the information he wants.

Chuck Norris frequently donates blood to the Red
Cross. Just never his own.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is based on a true story:
Chuck Norris once ate a turtle whole, and when he crapped it out, the
turtle was six feet tall and had learned karate.

Filming on location for Walker: Texas Ranger, Chuck
Norris brought a stillborn baby lamb back to life by giving it a
prolonged beard rub.
Shortly after the farm animal sprang back to life and
a crowd had gathered, Chuck Norris roundhouse kicked the animal,
breaking its neck, to remind the crew once more that Chuck giveth, and
the good Chuck, he
taketh away.

When Chuck Norris was in middle school, his English teacher assigned an
essay: "What is Courage?" Chuck Norris received an "A+" for writing only the
words "Chuck Norris" and promptly turning in the paper.

MaxBax

Nobody springs to mind. I'm reluctant to heroise anyone i've never met. Carismma is important. I like the idea of joe fraiser though.

entropi

For me, i would have to go with Jet Li and Jackie Chan in MA movies... have always loved watching em perform such great skill and grace in their arts.

In real life though, it would have to be Bruce Lee and i would think my old Kenpo Instructor Barney Coleman. Bruce for obvious reasons but Barney for being such a great bloke to know and learn from... and getting to 8th Dan is quite an achievement for an Irishman

Musashi

ninjawitatitude

Chuck Norris.
Judo Gene Le Bell.
Bruce Lee.

Beat me to it headbutt.:D

Andrew_M

paddyc wrote:

dekker

and daniel larusso from the karate kid films

I have to agree!

Imagine if they fought, Larusso would take Dekker alright, he'd use his crane kick and hit dekker in his gammy foot

pma-ire

it just has to be this guy!!

Tim_Murphy

It would have to be Randy Couture, purely because I'd get to say 'that guy is my hero!' in a joe rogan accent.

Clive

Karelin, Sakuraba, Ignashov, Bas

vasch_ro

Nicholas Linnear :
Nicholas Linnear, half-Caucasian, half-Oriental, a man caught between East and West, between the sexual passions of a woman he can't forget and the one he can't control and between a past he can't escape and a destiny he can't avoid.

Devon

Steven Seagal deserves a shout here TBH...

MaxBax

Tim_Murphy wrote:

It would have to be Randy Couture, purely because I'd get to say 'that guy is my hero!' in a joe rogan accent.

Belt up Tim (geddit)!

Hey, Steven ****bag Segal is not to be mentioned on this board. He's a complete wanker. He's a bully and an arrogant sh1t head.

Baggio...

It's a tough one, but here goes:

Kelly Mc Cann - AKA - Jim Grover
Carl Castari
Lee Morrison
Geoff Thompson
Peter Consterdine

Years ago it would of been people like Bruce lee, Chuck Norris, Ed Parker etc. Don't get me wrong - those guys are still well cool for TMA, and inspired generations of people and always will, but for me, I'm into more RBSD these days, so my influences have changed to the list above.

Cheers,

Baggio.

Baggio...

There is no doubt that S. Segal is a complete git, but he's a decent Martial Artist, so I guess deserves a bit of a mention -for old skool sake.

Looks great these days though,:D

Baggio.

Colm_OReilly

MaxBax wrote:

Belt up Tim (geddit)!

Hey, Steven ****bag Segal is not to be mentioned on this board. He's a complete wanker. He's a bully and an arrogant sh1t head.

I was unaware you were the new mod MaxBax, to start throwing around rules. Watch your flames.

Colm

MaxBax

Colm_OReilly wrote:

I was unaware you were the new mod MaxBax, to start throwing around rules. Watch your flames.

Colm

Sorry chief.

ss is a ****.

Millionaire

Baggio... wrote:

It's a tough one, but here goes:

Kelly Mc Cann - AKA - Jim Grover
Carl Castari
Lee Morrison
Geoff Thompson
Peter Consterdine

Years ago it would of been people like Bruce lee, Chuck Norris, Ed Parker etc. Don't get me wrong - those guys are still well cool for TMA, and inspired generations of people and always will, but for me, I'm into more RBSD these days, so my influences have changed to the list above.

Cheers,

Baggio.

I also add in Rich Dimirti from Senshido www.senshido.com he got some great stuff.

columok

I also add in Rich Dimirti from Senshido www.senshido.com he got some great stuff.

You're just saying that to stir up the hornet's nest.

*Stirs up hornets nest and runs off*

Tee hee hee:)

Mikel

*looks at hornets nest......walks slowly backwards*

I saw a documentary on Benny the Jet, when the full contact karate craze took off, he went to Asia to take on their top guys. He insisted in fighting in his long kick boxing pants.
I like the idea of Joe frazier too.

Baggio...

Hey Mill,

I've heard very good reports about Rich Dimirti alright, especially regarding "the Shredder" DVD (not the TMNT of course ) I must get my mitts on some of his DVDS.

Another really good guy I forgot to mention is John Kary of www.americancombatives.com

Check out this guys bio:
http://www.americancombatives.com/john_kary.htm

Later,

Baggio.

Scramble

A lot of the guys selling more lurid self-defence material seem more like shrewd businessmen than heroes, in my opinion. Arguably they make their money by promoting and catering to peoples' insecurities and contribute to a whole climate of fear.

I'm not hugely into sporting figures either, although I do think people like Randy Couture are amazing role-models in the sense that they are paragons of athleticism at their age, and that positively inspires a lot of people to start training later than they otherwise might.

I think the best ambassadors for the martial arts are the people whose actions make a positive impact in society at large. Like Jeremy Glick : http://www.flight93memorialsfb.com/Heros-Of-Flight-93/pages/Jeremy-Glick_jpg.htm
http://www.bstkd.com/JeremyGlick.htm

DaBreno

Jackie Chan. Ever see Armour of God or Rumble in the Bronx? He's genius and all of it is his own stunt work. Inspired me to take up Tae Kwon Do. Too bad I didnt stick with it.

These days Im liking Tony Jaa. Might make me go back.

memphis

Bruce Lee
Van Damme
Seagal
Jet Li
Jackie Chan
Mr Myaghi (forget his real name.... Pat????)
Eric Roberts
Tony Jaa (more recently)

fianna.5u.com

I cant beleive no one has said Pearse Stokes! For 350lbs he moves like a light weight, for a 42 year old he has the cardio (and looks, lifestyle etc) of 25 year old and is so "cerebral" (UFC "frasiology")

DeBreno, check out Drunken Master 2!

And on that note, how come so many people are picking actors?

Peace

pearsquasher

....and speaking of movie hero's, i honestly can't understand why Toshiro Mifune is never mentioned. Sure i appreciate the gymnastics of the usual suspects, Li and Chan and enjoy teh comedy they bring but Mifune's in dozens of Samurai movies and always looks absolutely slick and smooth whether it's with sword or unarmed. No slo-mo, no strings, no prolonged one-two you-hit-me-i-hit-you silliness.. just amazing movement. Obviously it's choreographed .. and usually by classical martial arts experts, but boy does Mifune make it look brilliant and charactyeristically unchoreographed. On screen, no-one can touch him in films like Yojimbo, Ran, Roshomon, Red Beard, Musashi, Sanjuro, Seven Samurai, Sword of Doom. Get's my vote anyway. :cool:

Valmont

Randy Couture. The man is amazing. My number 1 hero of all time

Mikel

fianna.5u.com wrote:

I cant beleive no one has said Pearse Stokes!

Nah he's crap!!

And on that note, how come so many people are picking actors?

What is with the Bruce Lee fascination, personally I pick Apollo Creed
The Prince of Pain
The King of Sting
The Count of Monte Fisto!!

MaxBax

memphis wrote:

Bruce Lee
Van Damme
Seagal
Jet Li
Jackie Chan
Mr Myaghi (forget his real name.... Pat????)
Eric Roberts
Tony Jaa (more recently)

i am so not surprised.

memphis

MaxBax wrote:

i am so not surprised.

How ya mean???

I grew up watch these guys movies. And I'm guessing that much of em rubbed off on me, hence the reason why I went back to do TKD at 23 (nearly 2 years ago).

Degsy

Erm,Cynthia Rothrock..i have my reasons!!

Tim_Murphy

Rocky Balboa, my boxing hero :v:

Arnagan

damo wrote:

Fred Ettish...

he definately did his bit in dispelling some of the myths surrounding martial arts...

Who is he and how did he do what u said he did (name does sound familiar)?

Arnagan

Ali, G.O.A.T. enough said.
Holyfield, he was the best during the time I began showing interest in full contact.
Judo Gene, Rusty Kanecogi, Shiro Oishi & Dave; They all influenced the fighter in me today.
Coture.
Sakuraba.
Fedor

Arnagan

jerryadams wrote:

Steven Seagal deserves a shout here TBH...

I've heard a lot of bad stuff about hinm from a fair amount of old school fighters.
For example;
He only got with his first wife so as to b able to take over her dads school and b able to say he was the first non Japanise to run it.
Gene Labell made him deficate in his own pants after choking him out.
He's really quite mean to the stunt people he works with.

In all fairness he didn't seem one way or another when I worked his and a few others security for the openning of the WB in Manhatten.
Also, his own security guy was noticably more average body type than he was, which IMHO is a kick.

Arnagan

MaxBax wrote:

Belt up Tim (geddit)!

Hey, Steven ****bag Segal is not to be mentioned on this board. He's a complete wanker. He's a bully and an arrogant sh1t head.

See

Baggio...

Segal is well known for being a scumbag, but his skills are very impressive. Forget the man, and look at his Martial Arts for a moment. So in my humble opinion he deserves a mention here (even if I don't like some of his antics). PLus most of those movie stars have egos the size of elephants anyway. Peace.

memphis

Baggio... wrote:

Segal is well known for being a scumbag, but his skills are very impressive. Forget the man, and look at his Martial Arts for a moment. So in my humble opinion he deserves a mention here (even if I don't like some of his antics). PLus most of those movie stars have egos the size of elephants anyway. Peace.

My sentiment exactly! Seagal is a good MAist, and movie star. Ok he is arrogant, and well known for his antics, but he's a skilled MAist.

MaxBax

memphis have you been at a SS aikdio seminar? have you seen him perform aikido in a live environment? Have you seen him perform any kataz? what are you basing this on? his belt colour? he is a **** movie star.

memphis

Solely on his movies!!! Which he comes across as a damn good MAist. I love his swift hand movements and all that too.


Tell ya what.... lets agree to disagree, I'm really not in the mood for a debate tonite